A fluid is passed through a small high-field polarizing magnet before injection into a catheter, then imaged using a low-field MR imaging magnet.

Charles L. Dumoulin, Robert D. Darrow

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Patent Number: US 5807253 A

Filing Date: 1994-06-23

Publication Date: 1998-09-15

Status: Expired – Fee Related

Current Assignee: General Electric Co

Applicants: General Electric Co.

IPC/CPC Classifications: A61B5/055;;G01B7/00;;A61B5/0

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